Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash discussed his Gibson guitar being a ‘copy of a copy’ in a new Guitar Interactive interview. He also discussed Greta Van Fleet. Alternative Nation transcribed his Gibson comments.
The interviewer mentioned he was a Gibson ambassador ‘even though your most famous ones aren’t Gibson.’
“Yeah, but they did make a copy of it, a replica.”
“Has that ever been an inside joke about that?”
“It definitely is an inside joke. When they said they wanted to do that particular Slash model, I said that was a copy of a copy.”
He later discussed Greta Van Fleet.
“Everybody keeps asking me [that]. I don’t, really. I can’t say that I listen to ’em, but I love the fact that they’re sort of coming from a pure place. I have to admit the stuff I heard does sound very reminiscent of ZEPPELIN, and I’ve heard some stories about how they were raised on that. And it’s all good. When they put out their next record, we’ll see if they can branch away from that and become their own band. But at the same time, the fact that they’re having success is opening up doors for a lot of other kids.”
He added, “There’s a wave coming [of new rock bands]. There’s not really much else I can say, because I do my thing, and I’m sort of watching peripherally what’s happening, what everybody else is doing,” he said. “I have to admit, most of the bands that are putting out records that I listen to are bands that I’ve known for a long time — Alice In Chains’ new record, Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters; whatever.
But there’s a thing happening, bubbling under the surface with kids right now that are going in rock and roll for what I would call all the right reasons, as opposed to trying to be celebrities before they can put together five chords. It seems like there’s a real attitude and a real hunger to do something that’s got some balls.”
